Selected Bibliography
from The State Historical Society of Missouri

Article in the Missouri Historical Review [REF F550 M691]

  • Dorsey, C. P. “Missourians Abroad—No. 15, James Cash Penney.” v. 21, no. 4 (July 1927), pp. 545–561.

Articles from the Newspaper Collection

  • “1,500 at Funeral for J. C. Penney.” Hamilton Advocate-Hamiltonian. February 24, 1971. pp. 1–2.
  • Booth, Bertha. “Brief Sketch of the Life of J. C. Penney.” (3 parts) The Hamilton Advocate-Hamiltonian. April 7, 14, 28, 1938. p. 7 in all dates.
  • “Dedication of the J. C. Penney Memorial Library and Museum.” Hamilton Advocate-Hamiltonian. April 7, 1976. pp. 1B-24B.
  • “James C. Penney Dead.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch. February 15, 1971. p. 2A.
  • “J. C. Penney, 95, Dies Following December Fall.” Hamilton Advocate-Hamiltonian. February 17, 1971. pp. 1–2.
  • Lastelic, Joe. “Progressive at 89 – J. C. Penney Alert to Changes.” Kansas City Star. June 27, 1965. pp. 20G–21G.
  • “The Penney Store Opens This Week.” Boonville Weekly Advertiser. May 15, 1925. p. 9.

Books

  • American National Biography. New York: Oxford University Press. 1999–2002. v. 17, pp. 297–299. [REF 920 AM37]
  • Bruere, Robert W. J. C. Penney: The Man With A Thousand Partners. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1931. [REF F508.1 P383]
  • Christensen, Lawrence O., William E. Foley, Gary R. Kremer, and Kenneth H. Winn, eds. Dictionary of Missouri Biography. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1999. pp. 604–605. [REF F508 D561]
  • Curry, Mary Elizabeth. Creating An American Institution: The Merchandising Genius of J. C. Penney. New York: Garland Publishing, 1993. [REF F508.1 P383cu]
  • Penney, J. C. “A Brief Outline of My Early History.” Reprint of a talk by J. C. Penney given in Monroe, LA. [REF VF: Penney, James Cash 1875-1971]
  • Penney, J. C. “The Education of a Merchant.” An address by J. C. Penney to the students of Stephens College. Columbia, MO. October 27, 1949. [REF VF: Penney, James Cash 1875-1971]
  • Penney, J. C. The Homely Philosophy of the Man With A Thousand Partners. J. C. Penney Company, 1941. [REF F508.1 P383h]
  • Penney, J. C. Lines of A Layman. Great Neck, NY: Channel Press, 1956. [REF F508.1 P383e]
  • Penney, J. C. My Experience With The Golden Rule. Kansas City: Frank Glenn Publishing, 1949. [F508.1 P383al]
  • Penney, J. C. View from the Ninth Decade: Jottings from a Merchant’s Daybook. New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1960. [F508.1 P383v]
  • Segar, Eva. “Missouri’s ‘Good’ Penney.” Missouri Life. March-April, 1976. vol. 4, no. 1. pp. 31-37. [F586 M6912 v. 4]